Prepare to Bid on these Cool Vintage Ski Posters

Christie's in London is auctioning vintage ski posters on Wednesday, January 25. Check out a preview of the posters for sale in this slideshow.

Les Sports D’Hiver a St. Pierre de Chartreuse

Circa 1930, 39½ x 24 inches

Estimate: $7,710 - $10,794

“Roger Broders is a French artist well-known for his travel posters that entice the viewer to destinations all over the world,” says Sophie Churcher, a poster specialist at Christie’s South Kensington in London. “Interest in his work continues to grow because of his bold imagery and sense of perspective that form his unique and identifiable style. In this example he has created a scene of fashionable elongated figures viewing a bob sleigh race.”

Wallis

Circa 1949, 50 x 35½ inches

Estimate: $9,252 - $12,336

What can we say? Nothing says "let's hit the slopes" like a bunch of colorful skis standing at attention in a snowbank.

Gstaad, Royal Hotel & Winter-Palace

Circa 1913, 39 x 28 inches

Estimate: $23,130 - $30,840

“Gstaad is one of the most exclusive Swiss resorts, and the hotel featured is one of the most luxurious in this resort,” Churcher says. “The poster is also one of the rarest for Gstaad, and it is rare to find such an early ski poster.”

Stoos

Circa 1957, 39 x 27 inches

Estimate: $1,542 - $2,313

Look out below! Stoos, in Switzerland, boasts a very impressive 2,370 feet of vertical descent. That penguin doesn’t look worried one bit.

Zermatt

Circa 1928, 40 x 25 inches

Estimate: $3,084 - $4,626

Churcher notes this one as a personal favorite. “The clean, simple lines, block colors, sense of perspective, and clever use of typography make this a poster that I would love to own,” she says. “It also happens to advertise the beautiful Swiss resort of Zermatt, a personal favorite of mine where I regularly ski!”

Tignes

39 x 23 inches

Estimate: $1,850 - $2,159

We love the colors in this one. The ski lifts at Tignes were built in the 1960s, and this resort played host to the freestyle skiing venue for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Davos Parsenn

39½ x 25 inches

Estimate: $925 - $1,234

Parsenn is a resort in Switzerland near the town of Davos; it still runs an updated version of that red railway in the background of the poster.

Luchon-Superbagneres

Circa 1938, 39 x 25 inches

Estimate: 3,084 - $4,626

Faster! Faster! You can practically hear the wind and snow whipping around as this skier races by.